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Chapter 44 - The Demise of the Wolf Pack

Ivy fends off the wolf that attacked her, shouting to the group, "My ability is back!" with a smile on her face, relieved and satisfied to finally break free from the Wolf Siege.

Upon hearing Ivy's statement, Alice inquired, "Which wolf has less HP? Tell me, Lucca and Ana!" Alice commanded, as both of them were in the center of the circle and could better see the wolves' HP.

Upon hearing the command, Lucca responded, "On my side, the one with less life has 56% of HP!" revealing the information. Following suit, a visibly tired Ana, with some sweat on her forehead, added, "And on my side, it has 2600 HP!"

"Which one, Ana?" Alice asks, prompting Ana to point out which wolf has the least life, to be the target for the group's counterattack.

With that said, she had to come up with something to mark the wolf and did so by shooting an arrow towards its eye. However, it moved, causing the arrow to hit its cheek. She exclaimed, "I hit it in the cheek!" with a slightly disappointed tone for not hitting the intended spot.

Upon hearing this, Alice looked at the wolf and noticed it was on Ivy's side. She was disappointed because she had already been planning the counterattack. Thus, she shouted, "Ivy! It's on your side, are you ready?" she asked.

"Of course!" Ivy replied enthusiastically, ready to lead the attack.

"Now!" Alice shouted, ordering the start of the group's counterattack.

Ivy activated her ability and went after her target, putting the wolf on the ground and pushing the wolf on the left side, landing a vertical blow on it.

Right after that, Ana activated her ability and began shooting more than 10 arrows at the wolf, taking away over 10% of its life.

Seeing this, Alice advanced with the others, activating her ability and making a cut on the side of the stomach to the back.

At the same time, Nolan ran towards the wolf that was starting to get up, delivering two cuts to the wolf's face and thrusting both daggers into its back, making it fall again.

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As for Lucca, he had to delay this advance to return to the others. He needed to hold back the other wolves by activating his ability on his feet and leaving the circle. This resulted in hitting four of the other wolves. While fleeing, he formed balls of dirt and threw them at the wolf still on the ground

"Shit!" Alice shouted upon realizing that the target they had chosen hadn't been killed by the attack. However, she quickly continued, "Lucca and Ana, attack that wolf! It needs to die for us to survive!" she ordered.

They turned and hit the wolf with a fireball and an arrow, thus ending its life.

{You killed a level 34 mountain wolf.}

As soon as the notification appeared, he asked Ori to withdraw.

But to kill that wolf, they had to pay a hefty price as they needed to endure an attack from the remaining 9 wolves, all just to kill one of them.

Seeing this, Lucca shouted, "We need to focus on those with less than half their life if we want to survive this attack!" advising them, analyzing the situation.

Alice agreed with Lucca's advice, and Ana marked the wolf, just as she did with the one they had just killed, and the battle continued.

Once again, they found themselves under the Wolf Siege due to the time lost trying to kill the wolf they had previously targeted.

The battle lasted longer, and during this time, they managed to kill three wolves. The pressure on the front significantly eased, but it cost them some HP. Ivy was left with only 56%, Alice with 55%, and the one who suffered the most, Nolan, with only 45% of his life. However, with the deaths of the other wolves, They were no longer losing as much HP when the other 3 wolves were alive.

After about 10 minutes, the penultimate wolf fell, leaving only one alive. However, this wolf attempted to escape upon realizing it was alone. Alice shouted, "Don't let it escape! After all, we still need the points!" She said this with many pauses between each word, clearly panting and exhausted from the intense battle.

They surrounded it, and what they did to the wolf could easily be seen as a massacre. Finally, all the wolves were killed, providing the group with excellent points and the first ones to climb the camp ranking.

As soon as the last wolf fell, the group sat down, not thinking about anything. The fatigue was so overwhelming that they simply sat to rest after the intense battle against the wolves.

Lucca didn't like leaving the prey scattered on the ground and said, "Alice, give me the ring! I don't like leaving the wolves strewn in the middle of nowhere. It would be too easy for other groups to just come here and steal our points!"

Upon hearing this, Alice handed the ring to Lucca. Once he received the ring, he went through all the bodies and stored them inside.

Once Lucca finished the task of storing the bodies, he returned to the group and found them still resting, so he took advantage of the moment to do the same.

However, his rest didn't last long because Alice said, "Let's get up and start walking! We can go grab something to eat and rest in a warmer place than here!" Alice ordered.

This marked the end of the first day of the hunt and the first points for the group.

They got up and started walking. Along the way, they saw many groups leaving the field, and many of them had visible wounds on their bodies, much like Lucca's group.

Upon reaching the fortress, they headed straight for the counter where a man dressed in an academy cloak was standing.